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Rocks and Shoals

(US, naval, informal, historical) The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(US, naval, informal, historical) The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

Origin: From the language of Article 4, Section 10, which prescribed the death penalty for "any person in the naval service...[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals". Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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